On Tuesday, 9 million more votes were cast than in 2000. On Tuesday, Bush received 8.3 million votes more than he did in 2000. If those 8.3 million Bush voters who weren’t there for Dubya in 2000 all came from the big pool of new voters, then Democrats should start getting ready to pack it up and move to France. Why? Because a Republican president has increased his ballot total by 15 percent simply by creating new Republican voters who didn’t exist before. This is potentially catastrophic for the Democratic Party. — John Podhoretz
From what I’ve heard, leftists are very angry. If Bush had lost, we’d be very angry, too. But this is not a time to gloat. I’ve come to the alarming realization that I’ve wasted valuable time responding to my critics’ petty name-calling. I’ve been called vain and hypocritical by people who don’t even know me.
I’ve played right into their hands. I’ve given them much more credence than they deserve. Why? Pride. I was compelled to respond directly to venom, which will only increase in the blogosphere. It’s time to consider myself “high-profile” (I shudder at the thought.) and expect much worse.
America is deeply divided on moral issues, and the only Americans shocked by this are liberals. Notice that I’m not using “Democrat.” Not all Democrats are liberals according to my definition of liberals.
We conservatives assert that liberals are wrong on policy issues. To go a step further, we Christians think all unbelievers are wrong about God. Not only do I believe we have truth on our side, I believe that truth can be demonstrated. As best I can in the most reasoned and knowledgeable way I can, I will do just that. I believe my worldview, based on my faith, is consistent and able to withstand criticism.
It is a duty of all Christians to defend the faith, no matter who you voted for on Tuesday. I don’t know about you, but I’m not in the mood to compromise. There is too much at stake.
To a certain extent, the homosexual “marriage” issue brought a lot of people to the polls. Radicals wanted to shock us with homosexual “wedding” ceremonies, and it backfired. People are willing to take only so much, and they spoke loudly and clearly at the polls yesterday. We gave George Bush a decisive win. Some are even calling it a landslide.
A few liberals are mumbling about the return of the Confederacy; others are chattering about us ignorant fundamentalists and our “intolerance” and “hate.” Yes, I am intolerant of perversion and those forcing it on me. Yes, I hate it when people try to change society by judicial fiat rather than going through the proper process. I frankly don’t care what people do behind closed doors, as long as they’re not doing it with a child. Otherwise, knock yourselves out.
The liberals’ worldview is under attack, and that worldview is just as precious to them as ours is to us. It’s almost cliche now, but liberals, who claim to be the voice of the people, are sadly out of touch with the people, as attested to by Bush’s 3.5 million-vote edge.
Mr. Bush, if you’re reading this blog, listen to the people. Think carefully about that edge and deliver for the voters who put you back in office. You can start by:
— Privatizing social security
— Putting pro-life judges on the bench
— Banning homosexual “marriage”
— Banning race preferences in public (government) hiring and college admissions
— Tightening the southern border and enforcing immigration law
— Balancing the budget
— Lowering taxes even more and cutting spending on wasteful programs
— Protecting the free speech rights of all Americans, including Americans who profess Christ
— Getting more aggressive in Iraq, finishing this war and bringing our troops home
Christian and conservative voices are desperately needed in the fight against liberal ideology. Ironically, Bush’s re-election underscores the urgency. The battle is not for the faint of heart or the timid or the irrational. We need to keep our heads about us. The enemy will not hesitate to use any means necessary to vanquish us.
Be ready and be strong.
Update: Bush read my blog this morning: “We will start on Social Security now. We will start bringing together those in Congress who agree with my assessment that we need to work together.”
Linda Chavez: “I have some advice for these learned souls [liberal elites]. If they want to understand the American electorate, maybe they should spend less time at Starbucks sipping double lattes over the Sunday Times and more time at church or the local high school football game or in line at a Wal-Mart. They might actually learn something about the values that drive most Americans: faith, family and an abiding love of their country. Maybe if the elites would stop lecturing instead of listening to the American public, they’d be less surprised at the outcome of our elections.”
CBS: “The Republican South has created some formidable election math for the Democrats. With the South in the pocket of the 2008 Republican presidential candidate, the 2008 Democratic nominee will need about 70 percent of electoral votes available in the rest of the country to win the White House.”
Washington Post (reg. req.): “A minority president no more, President Bush sketched a second-term agenda Thursday that includes fighting the worldwide war on terror and seeking tax overhaul and fundamental changes in Social Security at home.”
Bush to Arafat: “God Bless His Soul” — What Bush really wanted to say is politically incorrect: “God have mercy on his soul.” I hope God does.
Hugh Hewitt: “[Ken] Salazar will be a new force in the Democratic party, a genuinely Western voice in a club too long dominated by Yalies and their Hollywood buddies…The same can be said for Barak Obama. Goodbye tired old leadership elites that stridently grind and condemn. Obama comes to the table armed with smarts, charisma, and youth. John Kerry lost on Tuesday, but so did Sharpton, Jesse, Julian, and the rest of the old school. Obama will never say so, but the ’60s era civil rights tactics are long past their prime….”
Politburo Diktat is very funny. Check out this post.
Peggy Noonan: “George Soros cannot buy a presidential election. Savor. ‘Volunteers’ who are bought and paid for cannot beat volunteers who come from the neighborhood, church, workplace and reading group. Savor.”
Bill Hobbs: “John Kerry didn’t lose because he had a popular but poorly marketed progressive message. His solidly liberal message of higher taxes, massively expensive government-run healthcare, a less-aggressive approach to the war on terror and a “global test” giving the UN and the French influence over American foreign policy was marketed heavily with a huge budget behind it — some $500 million spent by the campaign, the DNC, and an array of allied groups such as ACT, MoveOn and many more, all dutifully echoed by the liberal mainstream media.”
Solo: “Regardless of population, vast parts of the United States feel and voted a certain way. Screw ignoring “the red”. Ya better learn how to work with them. Talk with them. Leverage something with them. I’ll get it started…”
Conservative bloggers on moral issues and the election: Ambra Nykol, Evangelical Outpost (also see Joe’s post on evangelicals in the blogosphere), Joshua Claybourn
